Bears Close Season with Loss to #5 Duke

May 09, 2010

DURHAM, NC - The Brown women's lacrosse team (7-8) closed out
its 2010 season on Sunday morning with a 23-9 loss to #5 Duke.
Sophomore Kaela McGilloway (Sea Cliff, NY) led the Bears with two
goals and an assist, while seven other players also scored. With
the nine goals, Brown finishes the season with 162 goals on the
year, breaking a 19-year old school record for goals scored in a
season (160). McGilloway also finished the year with 51 points,
which ranks 7th all-time at Brown for points in a season, while her
36 goals also ranks 7th all-time at Brown. Both totals are the
highest for a Bears' player since the 1996 season.

Brown opened the scoring just 1:42 into the game when freshman Tara Rooke (Wilbraham, MA) scored her seventh goal of the year. Duke
answered with a pair of goals just 21 seconds apart to grab a 2-1
lead, but freshman Lindsay Minges (Rochester, NY) notched an
unassisted score at the 7:41 mark to tie the score at 2-2.

Again, Duke responded with two goals to take a 4-2 lead, but
sophomore Katelyn Caro's (Andover, MA) 8th of the year 12:34 into
the half kept Brown within striking distance.

However, the Blue Devils scored four straight goals in a span of
1:34 to take their biggest lead of the day, 8-3, at the midway
point of the half. McGilloway's first of the game with 13:18
remaining halted the momentum, but Duke responded 20 seconds later
to reclaim the five goals lead, 9-4.

Momentum then swung towards Brown's favor, as four straight
goals by the Bears made it a one-goal game with 5:55 remaining in
the first half. Sophomore Julia Keller (Concord, MA), junior Paris Waterman (Newark, DE), sophomore Nancy Baker (Upper Arlington, OH),
and senior Kara Kelly (Garden City, NY), assisted by McGilloway,
all scored during the run, which brought Brown to within 9-8.

However, Duke closed the half with five straight goals to take a
14-8 lead at the break.

The two teams opened the second half with Kat Thomas and
McGilloway trading goals in the opening three minutes. After nine
minutes of scoreless action, Duke went ahead, 16-9, and never
looked back, closing the game on an 8-0 run.

Freshman Brienne Donovan (Pine Township, PA) earned the start in
net and recorded seven saves, while leading the Bears with four
ground balls.